Telecaster Bridge

The telecaster has a fixed bridge. The original bridge had a metal cover which resembles an ashtray and was appropriately nicknamed the ashtray bridge. These covers completely restrict the ability to palm mute the strings which is very limiting therefore haven’t been used for a long time. Vintage and certain reissue telecasters have 3 saddles (as shown below) for pairs of strings. More modern telecasters use 6 individual saddles (same as a stratocaster) one for each string therefore allowing more accurate adjustments to the guitars setup.